Circle K Opening 60 Stores in Wisconsin

[Alpha8472]

The 60 new stores will complement the 30 existing stores in the state over the next few years.

https://csnews.com/circle-k-grow-wiscon ... -60-stores

[storewanderer]

Kwik Trip will be very difficult for them to compete against. But many Kwik Trips do such high volumes that if they lost 10% of customers to a Circle K, that Circle K would be extremely high volume for Circle K. They will probably be able to compete on having a faster in/out than Kwik Trip and they could definitely throw some competition at Kwik Trip for their high dispensed beverage prices. Kwik Trip sells so much prepared food and cheaply priced dairy products/bakery products that they are really a different type of operation entirely than Circle K.

[Romr123]

Kwik Trip is more like a Braum's than a traditional C-store.

[storewanderer]

Kwik Trip is more like a Braum's than a traditional C-store.

They are in some ways the same. I think Kwik Trip manufactures their milk and bread (that is like Braum's)? I don't recall ice cream being a big deal at Kwik Trip, maybe I missed that. As far as hot food goes, everything is 100% self serve at Kwik Trip. Braum's is basically like a Baskin Robbins with burgers and a small store attached with milk/snacks/ice cream/produce/breads many of which are made by Braum's. Braum's small attached packaged goods stores don't do much sales volume and most of their sales are coming from the fast food/ice cream counter area.